| Session II | Workshops III - Tuesday, June 24 - 3:30pm | Session IV |
| T10 Hinshaw Music Inc. Choral Music Reading Session |
| Location: Hilton - Conrad B/C |
| T11 Mendelssohn as American Hymnodist |
| Across the English-speaking world, the nineteenth century witnessed the rapid rise and gentle decline of a sensational vogue for appropriating melodies from European art music for use as hymn tunes. The music of Felix Mendelssohn—a perennial favorite in the emerging American classical music scene—enjoyed a particularly robust reception in this arena, which he entered at a moment when hymns comprised the most commercially successful genre of American popular song. This workshop will explore Mendelssohn’s role in nineteenth-century American hymnody, surveying over fifty such arrangements of his work and exploring the variegated, often surprisingly subtle, manner of their adaptation. |
| Presenter: Peter Mercer-Taylor Location: Hilton - Hennepin & Carver |
| T12 The Well-Tempered Regional Convention |
| This workshop is designed to give an overview of the entire process of hosting a Regional Convention. All elements of planning and organization will be discussed, from the beginning bid process to the completion of the final report. A well-conceived convention benefits the entire regional membership. It increases visibility for the organ in the community and energizes the host chapter, often generating funds that support Guild and chapter projects for years to come. |
| Presenters: Ron Krebs, Director of the AGO Regional Convention Committee; Janet Griffin and Al Adcock, Committee members; Dennis Elwell, AGO National Councillor for Conventions Location: Hilton - Conrad D |
| T13 Growing Young Organists: Great Ideas from San Diego |
| Christopher Cook, Leslie Wolf Robb, and Lea Schmidt- Rogers will introduce San Diego’s organ education program, which takes students from the earliest playing level all the way to the AGO Service Playing Exam. The workshop will include a video of young students performing and time for discussion. We are excited by the number and quality of performers (both children and adults) who have participated in our program. |
| This workshop is sponsored by the AGO Committee on The New Organist. Presenters: Christopher Cook, Leslie Wolf Robb, and Lea Schmidt-Rogers Location: Hilton - Conrad A |
| T14 Acoustic Design and the Pipe Organ |
| The design of reverberant space to support choir and organ is a challenge well worth the effort. Issues of clarity, spatial envelopment, tone quality, ensemble, flexibility of use, and noise control are magnified as reverberation time increases. Modern construction vocabularies and building forms present additional challenges, especially for the pipe organ. The acoustician plays a central role in developing the artistic and functional interests of the music program as an integral part of the architectural design. This workshop will review recent organ projects, including St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, North Carolina and Augustana Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota. |
| Presenter: Dana Kirkegaard (Kirkegaard Acoustic Design LLC) Location: Hilton - Marquette & LaSalle |
| T15 Organ Music from Czech Composers |
| Contemporary Czech organ works by Eben, Hron, Janacek, Kabelac, Laburda, Lukas, Nelhybel, Ropek, Sestak, Strejc, Teml, and Soukup will be highlighted through performance or recordings. Assisting will be AGO members who have performed USA premiers or presented them in recital. |
| Presenter: Anita Smisek Location: Gethsemane Episcopal |
| T16 Latin American Organ Literature |
| Latin American organ literature from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries will be explored in this workshop. Fascinating music from the different Virreinatos (viceroyalties) of New Spain, New Grenade, and Alto Perú will be introduced, discussed, and performed by Cristina García Banegas. Topics will include the music of Juan Bermudo, Estancio Lacerna, Joseph de Torres, and others, as well as Jesuit Mission organs and the influences of Martin Schmidt. Almost all of the music for this workshop is unpublished and references will be provided for obtaining transcriptions. |
| Presenter: Cristina García Banegas Location: Westminster Presbyterian |
| T17 Tune Your Pipes! Healthy Vocal Technique and Warm-Ups for Your Choir |
| Singer-educator Shari Speer shares her wealth of knowledge on the subject of vocal warm-ups for adult choirs. Come and gain knowledge of the inner workings of your singers’ voices while learning how to develop healthy, practical, technical solutions for a blended choral sound. |
| Presenter: Shari Speer Location: Hilton - Symphony Ballroom |